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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or is it a myth? Lots of schools, including publics, have super competitive kids who create pressure cooker environments. I’ve heard NCS alum talk about the pressure cooker environment but wouldn’t one say they have nothing to compare it to? Also, why work so hard just to get into Clemson or Alabama? [/quote] But is it more of a pressure cooker than Holton, Sidwell in HS? How can any of these schools NOT a pressure cooker when only 20% kids admitted to top 20 and nearly half of all parents are legacy? [/quote] Yes and no. No in the sense that at Sidwell and maybe less so at Holton the kids are all striving for top spots so the competition exists everywhere (the percentage of classmates you are competing with is a factor) and added to this is the grading A’s are very hard to come by. I don’t know about grading at Sidwell and Holton but from what I hear it’s not as difficult at Holton.[/quote]
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